Public institutions in India : performance and design

By:

Kapur, Devesh.; Mehta, Bhanu

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford University Press New Delhi 2006Description: ix, 491 p. 21 cm ; HardISBN:

978-0-19-568966-2

Subject(s):

Public Administration

DDC classification:

354.0954 PUB

Contents:

1. Explaining Democratic Durability and Economic Performance: The Role of India's Institutions 2. The Indian Parliament 3. The Presidency 4. Institutions of Internal Accountability 5. India's Judiciary: The Promise of Uncertainty 6. The Police in India: Design, Performance, and Adaptability 7. Civil Service: An Institutional Perspective 8. Reserve Bank of India: A Study in the Separation and Attrition of Powers 9. India's Federal Institutions and Economic Reform 10. New Regulatory Institutions in India: White Knights or Trojan Horses? 11. A Rising Tide of Demands: India's Public Institutions and the Democratic Revolution

Summary: The modern state secures legitimacy and carries out its tasks of governance and development through a diverse range of institutions. This volume analytically assesses the design, performance, and adaptability of the principla institutions of governance in India and their critical role in a democractic polity. It is axiomatic that societies are well governed and well organized to the extent that their public institutions can adequately managing the demands imposed on them. In India, it is commonly held that a modest record in development and governance is explained by the somewhat limited utility of many public institutions.

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1. Explaining Democratic Durability and Economic Performance: The Role of India's Institutions
2. The Indian Parliament
3. The Presidency
4. Institutions of Internal Accountability
5. India's Judiciary: The Promise of Uncertainty
6. The Police in India: Design, Performance, and Adaptability
7. Civil Service: An Institutional Perspective
8. Reserve Bank of India: A Study in the Separation and Attrition of Powers
9. India's Federal Institutions and Economic Reform
10. New Regulatory Institutions in India: White Knights or Trojan Horses?
11. A Rising Tide of Demands: India's Public Institutions and the Democratic Revolution

The modern state secures legitimacy and carries out its tasks of governance and development through a diverse range of institutions. This volume analytically assesses the design, performance, and adaptability of the principla institutions of governance in India and their critical role in a democractic polity.
It is axiomatic that societies are well governed and well organized to the extent that their public institutions can adequately managing the demands imposed on them. In India, it is commonly held that a modest record in development and governance is explained by the somewhat limited utility of many public institutions.

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